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... ground not larger than a Lacedæmonian letter . " But , for the reason now given , the hyperbole has by far the greater force in magnifying objects ; of which take the follow- ing example : For all the land which thou seest , to thee ...
... ground not larger than a Lacedæmonian letter . " But , for the reason now given , the hyperbole has by far the greater force in magnifying objects ; of which take the follow- ing example : For all the land which thou seest , to thee ...
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... ground at Lincoln in 1739. We have an account of these remains in the Philosophical Transactions , N ° 461. § 29. - Among the moderns , the hypocaustum is that place where the fire is kept which warms a stove or hot - house . HYPOCHÆRIS ...
... ground at Lincoln in 1739. We have an account of these remains in the Philosophical Transactions , N ° 461. § 29. - Among the moderns , the hypocaustum is that place where the fire is kept which warms a stove or hot - house . HYPOCHÆRIS ...
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... ground , and sometimes have a train ; in the men , they reach down to the heels : travellers , soldiers , and labourers , either tuck them up , or wear them only down to the knees . The habit of the men is generally of one colour : the ...
... ground , and sometimes have a train ; in the men , they reach down to the heels : travellers , soldiers , and labourers , either tuck them up , or wear them only down to the knees . The habit of the men is generally of one colour : the ...
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... ground of white colour itself may be laid. The interpreters are all natives ; they speak Dutch in different degrees of purity . The government per- mits no foreigner to learn their language , lest they should by means of this acquire the ...
... ground of white colour itself may be laid. The interpreters are all natives ; they speak Dutch in different degrees of purity . The government per- mits no foreigner to learn their language , lest they should by means of this acquire the ...
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... ground must be laid on , which is much the best formed of shell - lac varnish , and the colour desired , if white be not in question , which demands a peculiar treatment , or great bright- ness be not required , when also other means ...
... ground must be laid on , which is much the best formed of shell - lac varnish , and the colour desired , if white be not in question , which demands a peculiar treatment , or great bright- ness be not required , when also other means ...
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Página 14 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Página 240 - ... and, then, from all thy, sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be ; even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the holy see ; and as far as the...
Página 45 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Página 335 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Página 276 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 131 - Jesuits had obtained the chief direction of the education of youth in every catholic country in Europe. They had become the confessors of almost all its monarchs, a function of no small importance in any reign, but under a weak prince superior even to that of minister.
Página 115 - ... says the humanity of the English law, had the prisoner been of sound memory, he might have alleged something in stay of judgment or execution.
Página 308 - ... no man had stronger likings or aversions. His veracity was indeed, from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions, strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances, which (he used to say) took off from its real value.
Página 278 - In human works, though laboured on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce; Yet serves to second too some other use.
Página 378 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity ; therefore I die in exile...